I totally love winter ... NOW!!! Why, because I am in sunny Southern California!!!! Moved here two years ago from Boston!!! Bring it on!!!
I could never live somewhere without my "four seasons"..
I spent over fifty years living in a part of the country that has four seasons (some too short and others too long) and now I'm more than happy to live where it's hot for a few months, then gorgeous for about eight months.
Looking at the houses decorated for Christmas with a nice, clean layer of snow on the ground..
And someone mentioned "quiet" - which reminded me of when we get those heavy snowstorms that cling to all of the branches on the trees - it looks like a winter wonderland - folks are snowed in and it's soooooooo quiet!!
I could never live somewhere without my "four seasons"..
... I said "IN SEPTEMBER" ... now thats just disturbing.
I worried about missing the change of seasons when we moved to Arizona, and it's still an adjustment in some ways. The biggest adjustment is getting rid of the mindset that winter is coming, so we must start preparing for the weather ahead. Things like winterizing the pool, bringing in outdoor furniture for the winter, putting the bicycles away, buying new show shovels to replace the dented ones from the year before, stocking up on salt and sand, and realizing that a lot of places (miniature golf, theme parks, outdoor dining, etc.) close for the winter.
Here none of that is necessary.
I can't say I regret living in the Northeast for all those years. We raised our family there and had wonderful times in all kinds of weather. If we had truly hated it, we wouldn't have stayed in a place that had long, cold winters. However, the older we got, the less we enjoyed it. We always said we'd probably move to warmer climates when the kids were grown and out of school. And indeed we did! Now, we are loving living in a part of the country that has an abundance of warm temps and sunshine.
I still live in the NE, but this is how I feel. I hope that we'll be able to move to our Florida condo when we have retired.I can't say I regret living in the Northeast for all those years. We raised our family there and had wonderful times in all kinds of weather. If we had truly hated it, we wouldn't have stayed in a place that had long, cold winters. However, the older we got, the less we enjoyed it. We always said we'd probably move to warmer climates when the kids were grown and out of school. And indeed we did! Now, we are loving living in a part of the country that has an abundance of warm temps and sunshine.
I keep posting that where I live we have NO humidity!!!! All you people that hate humidity need to come to Southern California!!! You would our winters!!!
ITA, I know humidity from living on the east coast and it's nasty.
I'm from St. Louis, where summers are absolutely miserable, and I always looked forward to fall and winter. I'd get giddy with the first back to school ads on TV. When NFL training camps started, it was like, "OMG, the horror is almost over!" Now I'm in central FL, which is basically the same, heat-and-humidity-wise, but lasts about 3 months longer. Yes, it has gotten cooler, but the humidity's still through the roof. The tradeoffs are so worth it, though.
